Lunge to Stalingrad

Order of Battle: USSR (Jul II 42)

by Jim Arnold


Initial Conditions

Resource Points. Place 6 resource points in any friendly owned hexes.

63rd Army.

Place in any hexes west of 1605, north of the Don River.
1x 5-6 Rifle XX 14 (Gds)
2x 4-6 Rifle XX 127, 153
3x 3-6 Rifle XX 1, 197,203
1x 2-1-8 Tank X 193
1x 3-2-8 Art X
1x 2-6 Art X
1x 3-1-8 Rkt Art III
1x 1-2-8 AT X
1x 0-1-5 Cons X

21st Army.

Place in hex 1803 and any hexes west of 1802, north of the Don River.
1x 4-6 Rifle XX 124
2x 3-6 Rifle XX 63,343
1x 0-5 Cons III

4th Tank Army.

Place in any hexes within I hex of 2004.
1x 6-4-8 Tank XXX 22
1x 4-6 Rifle XX 18

1st Tank Army.

Place in any hexes within I hex of 2105.
1x 9-7-8 Tank XXX 28
1x 6-4-8 Tank XXX 13
1x 5-6 Rifle XX 9 (Gds)
1x 3-6 Rifle XX 131

62nd Army.

Place in any hexes within 2 hexes of 1907.
1x 5-6 Rifle XX 33 (Gds)
1x 4-6 Rifle XX 147
2x 3-6 Rifle XX 181, 196
1x 3-2-8 Tank X 40
1x 3-2-8 Art X
1x 2-6 Art X
1x 1-2-8 AT X
1x 3-1-8 Rkt Art III
1x 0-5 Cons III

64th Army.

Place in any hexes within 2 hexes of 2202.
1x 5-6 Rifle XX 15 (Gds)
3x 3-6 Rifle XX 29, 112,214
1x 2-1-8 Tank X 137
1x 3-2-6 Art X
1x 2-6 Art X
1x 1-2-8 AT X
1x 0-1-5 Cons X
1x 3-1-8 Rkt Art III

51st Army.

Place in any hexes east of the Don River, within 2 hexes of 2604.
2x 3-6 Rifle XX 138,302
2x 3-8 Cav XX 110, 115
1x 2-1-8 Tank X 155

Front Reserves.

Place 1 rifle division (chosen at random) in the replacement pool. Place the remaining units in any hexes within 2 hexes of 2101. The river flotillas must deploy on the Volga.
1x 4-6 Rifle XX 38
4x 3-6 Rifle XX 204,229,244,304
1x 3-6 Rifle XX 10 (NKVD)
2x 2-6 Rifle X 66, 154 (Nvi)
1x 4-1-8 Rkt Art X
2x river flotillas Volga-1, Volga-2

Place in any hexes within 1 hex of 2101.
1x 1-2-6 Eng X
1x 1-6 Eng X
3x 0-5 Cons III
1 pt hv AA
1 pt lt AA

Soviet Air Force (VVS).

Place at any friendly owned airbases. Of the air units listed, the number shown in parentheses are inoperative.
2x IL-2 (1)
1x Pe-2FT
1x Yak-1

Stalingrad PVO. Place in hex 2201.
1x 1-16

AFLRO. Place in the Soviet off map air box.
3x IL-4 (1)

Reinforcements

Jul II 42
1x 9-7-8 Tank XXX 23
2x 4-6 Rifle XX 87,91
8x 3-6 Rifle XX 76,157,184,192,205,321,399,422
1x 2-6* Rifle X 13
1x 3-2-8 Tank X 6 (Gds)
1x 2-6 Art X
2 Resource Points

VVS. Place at any friendly owned airbases.
1x Pe-2
1x LaGG-3
1x Yak-713
Note: Select any 1 of the listed air units to be Guards.

Reinforcement

Aug I 42
Use the reinforcement sdhedule for the regular "Lunge to Stalingrad" scenario from this point forward.


Lunge to Stalingrad August-October 1942


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